For the purpose of this title a food product shall be deemed to be misbranded if the package containing it, or its label, shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding the ingredients or the substance contained therein, which statement, design, or device shall be false or misleading in any particular.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 39-4-13

  • food: as used in this title shall include all substances used as food, drink, confectionery, or condiment by man or other animals, whether simple, mixed, or compound, and all substances or ingredients to be added to foods for any purpose. See South Dakota Codified Laws 39-4-1
  • misbranded: as used in this chapter , shall apply to all substances used as food or which enter into the composition of food, the package, or label of which shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding such substance or the ingredients contained therein which shall be false, deceptive, or misleading in any particular, and to any food product which is falsely branded as to the state, territory, or country in which it is manufactured or produced. See South Dakota Codified Laws 39-4-7

Source: SL 1907, ch 151, § 35; SL 1909, ch 163, § 6; SL 1911, ch 13; SL 1917, ch 242, § 6; RC 1919, § 7809 (4); SL 1923, ch 193; SDC 1939, § 22.0403 (4).

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